The Best Barbecue Chicken Recipe
"This technique for barbecue chicken makes it juicy with a thick glaze of barbecue sauce and no burnt skin. Yum! Serving size is estimated. Recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 whole chicken, split in half and wing tips removed
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, mashed
- 3⁄4 cup barbecue sauce, divided
-
Dry rub
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
directions
- With a sharp knife make several deep slashes through the skin and flesh of the chicken (two across the breast, two across the thigh, one across the leg).
- In a mixing bowl combine the vinegar, garlic, and 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce.
- Add the chicken halves and toss to coat in the marinade.
- Once coated turn the chicken skin-side down in the bowl and cover and refrigerate for 1 to 3 hours.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and pat dry with paper towels.
- Mix together the dry rub ingredients and sprinkle over both sides of the chicken.
- Build a medium fire in your charcoal grill (may use gas grill, but charcoal is recommended).
- Brush the grates lightly with oil, and place the chicken skin side down on the grill.
- Cook for just 3 to 4 minutes to lightly char the skin and create some grill marks.
- Turn over so the skin side is up.
- Brush the top of the chicken generously with barbecue sauce.
- Cover the grill and cook, without turning the chicken again, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 165 to 170 degrees.
- While the chicken is grilling, lift the cover every 5 minutes to add more barbecue sauce to the last layer.
- By cooking the chicken skin-side up, the sauce will not burn and will build up a nice thick coating of sauce as the chicken cooks all the way from the bottom up.
- This is a great way to get juicy meat and beautifully glazed skin without worrying about the chicken turning black.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.
